Translation French English: empêcher

1 admonish, deter, discourage, monish, warn.

2 appoint, block, blockade, charge, close up, embarrass, enfeoff, hinder, impede, jam, keep, make, name, nominate, obstruct, obturate, occlude, prevent, seal, seal off, stymie, stymy.

3 arrest, baffle, bar, bilk, block, blockade, check, contain, cross, debar, deflect, embarrass, exclude, foil, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold back, impede, keep, obstruct, parry, preclude, prevent, queer, scotch, spoil, stop, stymie, stymy, thwart, turn back.

4 arrest, block, blockade, check, contain, defeat, deter, discourage, embarrass, forbid, foreclose, forestall, halt, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold back, keep, kibosh, kill, obstruct, preclude, prevent, shoot down, stop, stymie, stymy, turn back, vote down, vote out.

5 arrest, block, break, break off, cease, check, contain, delay, detain, discontinue, drop, end, fasten, fix, give up, halt, hold, hold back, intercept, interrupt, keep, kibosh, knock off, lay off, lead, leave, prevent, quit, result, secure, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, stop, terminate, turn back.

6 avert, avoid, bilk, debar, deflect, elude, evade, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, keep, keep off, obviate, prevent, stave off, ward off.

7 block, blockade, close, close up, conquer, curb, embarrass, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hinder, impede, inhibit, jam, keep, keep down, obstruct, obturate, occlude, plug, preclude, prevent, quash, reduce, repress, seal, seal off, secure, shut, stamp down, stop up, stymie, stymy, subdue, subjugate, suppress.

8 block, blockade, close out, cramp, disturb, embarrass, forbid, foreclose, forestall, halter, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, interfere, interpose, interrupt, intervene, keep, obstruct, preclude, prevent, rule out, step in, strangle, stymie, stymy.

9 block, blockade, cramp, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, forbid, foreclose, forestall, halter, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, interfere, interpose, interrupt, intervene, keep, obstruct, preclude, prevent, step in, strangle, stymie, stymy.

10 bruise, bump off, damage, dispatch, hamper, handicap, harm, hinder, hit, hurt, impede, injure, murder, off, offend, polish off, remove, slay, spite, wound.

11 celebrate, continue, go along, go on, hold, hold back, hold on, hold open, keep, keep back, keep on, keep open, maintain, observe, preserve, prevent, proceed, restrain, retain, save, stay fresh, sustain.

12 champion, defend, forbid, foreclose, forestall, guard, hold, keep, preclude, prevent, protect, screen, shield.

13 discourage, hinder, impede, keep, prevent.